Due South (TV Series)

The Man Who Knew Too Little (1995)

Paul Gross: Constable Benton Fraser

Quotes 

• Fraser : [borrowing Ray's car]  Ray, this is silly. How are you going to get to Florida?

  Ray Vecchio : I'll fly. It'll be worth the six hundred bucks to get rid of you.

  Ian MacDonald : Are you aware that the gas tank in this particular make of car explodes on impact?

  Ray Vecchio : You wanna ride in the trunk?

  Fraser : Ray, I appreciate this offer, I really do. But you have some sort of special bond with this vehicle. And I'm not saying I understand it, but I do respect it.

  Ray Vecchio : Shut up before I change my mind. Now, in the care and operation of this vehicle, there is one thing to remember and hold above all else. Never, I repeat, never use the lighter. Of all the original parts in this car, it was the most difficult to replace. It took me seven years to find that lighter, and since I've owned it, it's never been depressed.

  Fraser : Then how do you know it works?

  Ray Vecchio : I know in my soul. Do not adjust the passenger seat, open up the glove box, or use anything other than the preset radio buttons.

  Fraser : I'll take good care of your car, Ray.

• Fraser : My father said something that's always stuck with me, Ray.

  Ray Vecchio : Your father never shut up, did he?

• Ian MacDonald : Okay, you want the real truth? Here it is. Those guys are part of the Canadian mob.

  Ray Vecchio : There's no such thing!

  Fraser : On the contrary, Ray, organized crime is a growing problem in Canada.

  Ray Vecchio : Oh, all right, so what are we talking about here? Conspiracy to commit jaywalking? Organized littering?

  Ian MacDonald : The guy in the hat? Danny 'The Bull' Brock. One of his guys stiffed him on an account, so he took him back into an alley and shot him eight times!

  Ray Vecchio : Yeah, now was that one time with eight bullets, or eight separate times? 'Cause in America, after the third trip down the same alley, we start to get a little suspicious.

• Fraser : My father said something that's always stuck with me, Ray.

  Ray Vecchio : Your father never shut up, did he?

  Fraser : He said a man with no future will always run to his past.

  Ray Vecchio : And when did this come up, Fraser, were you sitting around at breakfast when he came up with these things? Or did he come running into your room and just blurt 'em out?

  Fraser : Ray. There's no reason to be sarcastic.

  Ray Vecchio : No, I'm just curious. How did he rope these things into everyday conversation? Did he say "Son, did you see the size of that moose? And, by the way, a man with no future will always run to his past"

  Fraser : Ray! I'm sorry about your shoe. I thought you wouldn't want it anymore.

  Ray Vecchio : You know what my father used to say? A man without a car is nothing. And I don't want to be nothing anymore, Fraser. It's hard on my socks!

• Fraser : He went that way

  Ray Vecchio : Why? Does the man with no future always turn left?

• Fraser : Ray, I thought you'd used up all your vacation time.

  Ray Vecchio : No, no, no, this is not a vacation. This is a plum just waiting to be picked. You see, the district sends one detective from each division down to Miami to listen to some lecture on advanced weaponry, and I plan to be said detective.

  Fraser : So it's assigned on the basis of merit?

  Ray Vecchio : No, it's assigned on the basis of who can suck up to the lieutenant the most without making it obvious.

  [knocks on Welsh's door] 

  Ray Vecchio : Cappuccino, sir?

• Brendan : You folks stranded, eh?

  Ray Vecchio : Canadian?

  Brendan : Go on, eh? How'd you know?

  Fraser : We're officers of the law, sir, and we're pursuing an escaped perjurer. We'd very much appreciate a lift.

  Brendan : Well, hop on in!

  Fraser : Thank you kindly.

  Ray Vecchio : [sotto voce]  This is a sick country you have, Fraser.